Pope Francis on Sunday was skipping his weekly appearance at a window overlooking St Peter’s Square, a day after the Vatican said he had come down with a mild flu. In a brief statement, ...

Pope Francis' longest and farthest trip has proven that despite his age, ailments and eight hours of jet lag, Pope Francis can still pull off an ambitious trip to Asia DILI, East Timor -- It was ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A newly released schedule for the second and final session of the Vatican Synod on Synodality underlines the Catholic Church’s plan to promote dialogue with other ...

Speaking from a window overlooking St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis recalled meeting Rachel Goldberg, the mother of Goldberg-Polin, together with other family members of Israeli hostages ...

While strongly upholding church teaching forbidding abortion, Francis hasn’t emphasised church doctrine as much as his predecessors. Pope Francis holds a news conference aboard the papal plane ...

Pope Francis weighed in on Americans’ upcoming choice between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump on Friday, critiquing both candidates as “against life” and ...

Rome — Pope Francis weighed in Friday on the options for voters in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, indicating to reporters on the papal plane as he returned from a marathon Asia trip that ...

Pope Francis traveled to one of the most remote regions on the planet Sunday to call for an end to religion-based tribal violence that has claimed thousands of lives in the past 20 years. Toting ...

Pope Francis received a rapturous welcome from the tiny Southeast Asian nation of East Timor, one of the world’s most Catholic countries, where almost half the population turned out for an open ...

A boy holds a painting of Pope Francis as people wait before the appearance of Pope Francis on an electric screen in front of the Jakarta Cathedral in Jakarta on September 4, 2024. Aditya Irawan ...

Francis will be the second pope to visit Singapore, after a five-hour stopover by the late John Paul II in 1986. Here’s what to know about Pope Francis' three-day stay in Singapore: ...

But Pope Francis, age 87, hobbled by bad knees and bent over with sciatica, appeared to be having the time of his life. With half of East Timor's population gathered at a seaside park, Francis ...